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2001 World's Strongest Man

{{Short description|Strongman competition in 2001}}

{{Infobox individual strongman competition

| competition_name = 2001 World's Strongest Man

| dates = 5-15 October 2001

| venue =

| location = Victoria Falls

| country = {{flagcountry|ZAM}}

| athletes participating = 30

| nations participating = 17

| winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Svend Karlsen

| prev = Sun City 2000

| next = Kuala Lumpur 2002

}}

The 2001 World's Strongest Man was the 24th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Svend Karlsen from Norway. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. 1998 winner Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and 2000 winner Janne Virtanen from Finland finished third. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.{{cite web |url= http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/2001_results.php |title= theworldsstrongestman.com |accessdate=2010-01-16| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100104031945/http://theworldsstrongestman.com/2001_results.php| archivedate= 4 January 2010 | url-status= dead}}

Qualifying heats

=Heat 1=

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones

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! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

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| 1

| Juha-Matti Räsänen

| {{flagcountry|FIN}}

| 26

style="background:palegreen;"

| 2

| Wout Zijlstra

| {{flagcountry|NED}}

| 25.5

3

| Rob Dixon

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 24

4

| Karl Gillingham

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 21.5

5

| Derek Boyer

| {{flagcountry|AUS}}

| 20

6

| Israel Garrido

| {{flagcountry|ESP}}

| 9

Magnus Ver Magnusson of Iceland was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the reserve Israel Garrido.[https://web.archive.org/web/20020206062141/http://worldsstrongestman.com/results/2001/results.shtml Archive of worldsstrongestman.com - 2001 summary]

{{cite web |url=http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/results01.html|title= theworldsstrongestman.com Archive of 2001 Qualifying round |accessdate=2010-01-23 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070916160645/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/results01.html |archivedate= 2007-09-16}}

=Heat 2=

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones

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#

! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

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| 1

| Svend Karlsen

| {{flagcountry|NOR}}

| 27.5

style="background:palegreen;"

| 2

| Hugo Girard

| {{flagcountry|CAN}}

| 27

3

| Mark Philippi

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 22.5

4

| Torbjörn Samuelsson

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| 21

5

| Marc Iliffe

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 14.5

6

| Regin Vagadal

| {{flagcountry|FRO}}

| 13.5

=Heat 3=

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones

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#

! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

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| 1

| Magnus Samuelsson

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| 28

style="background:palegreen;"

| 2

| Martin Muhr

| {{flagcountry|GER}}

| 26

3

| Travis Lyndon

| {{flagcountry|CAN}}

| 25

4

| Raimonds Bergmanis

| {{flagcountry|LAT}}

| 17.5

5

| Johnny Perry

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 16.5

6

| Glenn Ross

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 13

=Heat 4=

  • Events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Africa Stone, Max Deadlift, Stone Circle (Connan Circle), Atlas Stones

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! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

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| 1

| Janne Virtanen

| {{flagcountry|FIN}}

| 31

style="background:palegreen;"

| 2

| Andrew Raynes

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 21

3

| Heinz Ollesch

| {{flagcountry|GER}}

| 20

4

| Ralf Ber

| {{flagcountry|AUT}}

| 20

5

| Brian Schoonveld

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 17

6

| Levi Vaoga

| {{flagcountry|NZL}}

| 17

Bill Lyndon of Australia was originally intended to be within this Heat but had to withdraw making room for the Levi Vaoga who was not down as an official reserve.

=Heat 5=

  • Events: Carry & Flip (Farmer's Walk & Tyre Flip), Fingal's Fingers, Arm Over Arm Train Pull, Hercules Hold, Max Deadlift, Atlas Stones

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#

! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

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| 1

| Phil Pfister

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 31

style="background:palegreen;"

| 2

| Jarek Dymek

| {{flagcountry|POL}}

| 30

3

| Odd Haugen

| {{flagcountry|NOR}}

| 21

4

| Adrian Rollinson

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 18.5

5

| Johan van Heerden

| {{flagcountry|RSA}}

| 16.5

6

| Flemming Rasmussen

| {{flagcountry|DEN}}

| 7 (injury)

=Reserves=

Final results

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#

! Name

! Nationality

! Pts

style="background:gold;"

| 1

| Svend Karlsen

| {{flagcountry|NOR}}

| 53.5

style="background:silver;"

| 2

| Magnus Samuelsson

| {{flagcountry|SWE}}

| 51.5

style="background:#c96;"

| 3

| Janne Virtanen

| {{flagcountry|FIN}}

| 50

4

| Phil Pfister

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 46

5

| Martin Muhr

| {{flagcountry|GER}}

| 40

6

| Hugo Girard

| {{flagcountry|CAN}}

| 38.5

7

| Jarek Dymek

| {{flagcountry|POL}}

| 30

8

| Wout Zijlstra

| {{flagcountry|NED}}

| 28.5

9

| Juha-Matti Räsänen

| {{flagcountry|FIN}}

| 25.5

10

| Andrew Raynes

| {{flagcountry|UK}}

| 18.5

References

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External links

  • [http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com Official site]

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